Odds of infection with HSV-1 and HSV-2 by country after adjusting for age (excluding STD clinic attenders from Sri Lanka)
| Adjusted odds ratios of HSV-2 (95% CI) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age by which 25%, 50%, and 75% are HSV-1 +ve | Adjusted odds ratios of HSV-1 (95% CI) | All | Females | Males | |
| *Estonia has similar HSV-1 seroprevalence to India (p=0.31), significantly lower HSV-1 prevalence than Brazil (p=0.005), and significantly higher HSV-1 prevalence than Sri Lanka (p<0.000) after adjusting for age. | |||||
| †India has similar HSV-1 seroprevalence to Brazil (p=0.1), and significantly higher HSV-1 prevalence than Sri Lanka (p<0.000) after adjusting for age. | |||||
| ‡Brazil has significantly higher HSV-1 prevalence than Sri Lanka (p<0.000) after adjusting for age. | |||||
| *FEstonian women significantly lower HSV-2 prevalence than Brazilian (χ2 = 35, p<0.000) women and significantly higher HSV-2 prevalence than Indian (χ2 = 44, p<0.000) and Sri Lankan (χ2 = 52, p=0.000) women after adjusting for age. | |||||
| †FIndian women had significantly lower HSV-2 prevalence than Brazilian (χ2 = 110, p<0.000) and similar prevalence to Sri Lankan (χ2 = 0.48, p=0.49) women after adjusting for age. | |||||
| ‡FBrazilian women had significantly higher prevalence than Sri Lankan (χ2 = 128, p<0.000) women after adjusting for age. | |||||
| *MEstonian men had similar HSV-2 prevalence to Indian men (χ2 = 1.05, p=0.29) and significantly lower HSV-2 prevalence than Brazilian (χ2 = 33, p<0.000) and Sri Lankan (χ2 = 5.02, p=0.025) men after adjusting for age. | |||||
| †MIndian men had significantly lower HSV-2 prevalence than Brazilian (χ2 = 20, p<0.000) and similar prevalence to Sri Lankan (χ2 = 0.82, p=0.35) men after adjusting for age. | |||||
| ‡MBrazilian men had significantly higher prevalence than Sri Lankan (χ2 = 28, p=0.000) men after adjusting for age. | |||||
| Brazil | 2, 7, 15 | 0.47 (0.39 to 0.56)‡ | 2.10 (1.75 to 2.51) | 3.33 (2.62 to 4.25)‡F | 2.56 (1.9 to 3.55)‡M |
| Estonia | 2, 7, 18 | 0.38 (0.32 to 0.45)* | 1.54 (1.30 to 1.81) | 1.63 (1.35 to 1.97)*F | 0.84 (0.59 to 1.2)*M |
| India | 1, 4, 10 | 0.41 (0.34 to 0.49)† | 0.83 (0.67 to 1.02) | 0.69 (0.53 to 0.90)†F | 1.05 (0.73 to 1.52)†M |
| Morocco | 0, 2, 6 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Sri Lanka | 1, 6, 13 | 0.24 (0.21 to 0.29) | 0.88 (0.75 to 1.04) | 0.77 (0.62 to 0.95) | 1.21 (0.96 to 1.60) |